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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019

Filed:

Oct. 11, 2017
Applicant:

Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Ken Onoda, Tokyo, JP;

Shinichi Komura, Tokyo, JP;

Youichi Asakawa, Tokyo, JP;

Toshihiko Fukuma, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Japan Display Inc., Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1335 (2006.01); F21V 8/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/133615 (2013.01); G02B 6/003 (2013.01); G02B 6/0036 (2013.01); G02F 1/0105 (2013.01); G02F 1/133514 (2013.01); G02F 1/133526 (2013.01); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01); G02F 2001/133607 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an illumination device includes a first member, a second member, a first light source. The first member includes a first prism array including first prisms aligned in a first direction. The second member includes a second prism array including second prisms aligned in a second direction. The second member disposed more closely to a first A side than to the first member. The first light source disposed more closely to a second A side than to the second member to apply a parallel light beam to a second B side. The parallel light beam from the first light source is made incident on the second prism array and incident on the first prism array without passing through a light guide.


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